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Not a glimmer of a link; not a distant rumble of a coach-wheel.It was a clear, frosty night, and one might hear a long way.If any of the honest townsfolk had accidentally lighted upon that muffled, glaring image under the dark old elm, I think he would have mistaken it for a ghost, or something worse.…Cited from The House by the Church-Yard, by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

The dark eyes of the girl were like stars in a frosty night.Cited from The Yukon Trail, by William MacLeod Raine

"What's it to you, damn yuh?" he snapped, but we could see at a glance that King had not begun his meal.I looked at Frosty, and he seemed waiting for me to say something.…Cited from The Range Dwellers, by B. M. Bower

She had hoped much from that promise of his to Father Xavier and to her, and her disappointment was proportionately bitter.The mother walked to the window and looked out upon the silent, frosty night.Low down upon the horizon myriads of stars were twinkling merrily, but high up in the heavens the moon shone with a brilliant radiance that totally eclipsed all lesser lights.…Cited from The Alchemist's Secret, by Isabel Cecilia Williams

In a town full of pretty young things they were, undoubtedly, the prettiest; and in a family of pretty sisters (Sophy always excepted) Flora was the acknowledged beauty.She was the kind of girl whose nose never turns red on a frosty morning.A little, white, exquisite nose, purest example of the degree of perfection which may be attained by that vulgarest of features.…Cited from Half Portions, by Edna Ferber

There was no sound from within, except the movement of the horses, to whom the girl was bidding good-bye.Half an hour later the door was opened, and she came out, cold and frosty as she had entered.Monkey Brand, standing in the door of the saddle-room, keeping guard over the stable-lads lest they should peep and pry, saw her come.…Cited from Boy Woodburn, by Alfred Ollivant

On a frosty night in September, he left the farm to go to the city.Cited from His Family, by Ernest Poole

On that whole long road not a touch, frosty as a snow-man.Cited from German Classics of the 19th & 20th Centuries, Vol. 12, Ed. by Francke

Once, in a strip of cottonwood, beside a frozen creek, they paused to light a fire and make a hasty meal.Then they were off again, facing the frosty air, riding straight into the north.Before them stretched the barren snow-clad steppes, forlorn and shelterless, with scarcely a mark of guidance anywhere, a dismal wilderness, intersected by gloomy ravines and frozen creeks.…Cited from Molly McDonald, by Randall Parrish

There was no strangeness for either of them in it.He patted her poor little head, which felt cold from the frosty night air.…Cited from The Debtor, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

And then that frosty morning scene in the same room!Cited from Punch, Vol. 159, July 14th, 1920, ed. by Sir Owen Seaman

The man seemed to have more need of him than Summerman had of his dinner deferred.They set out together to walk through the frosty air under the cloudless sky.…Cited from Gifts of Genius, by Various

Give me all possible shelter from the hot sun, and put a blanket on me not when I am working, but when I am standing in the cold.Never put a frosty bit in my mouth; first warm it by holding it in your hands.I try to carry you and your burdens without a murmur, and wait patiently for you long hours of the day or night.…Cited from The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing, by Joseph Triemens

One Christmas Eve he was walking to his home.The night was cold and frosty with many stars in the sky.He thought he had never seen stars look so bright.…Cited from Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History, by Ontario Ministry of Education

Nell is a very much a busy body, she is interfering, nosy and always gossiping.She is frosty and old-fashioned as she does not like to be called by her first name.She constantly spies on her Neighbours and tells tales about them.…

Black ice is very difficult to see, because it lacks the expected frosty surface.Whenever there is freezing rain or snow which occurs at a temperature near the melting point, it is common for ice to build up on the windows of vehicles.…

He began to grow sleek and fat and handsomer than ever.The days were growing colder and the frosty air made him feel good.Just at dusk one evening he went down to his favorite drinking place at the Laughing Brook.…Cited from The Adventures of Lightfoot the Deer, by Thornton W. Burgess

Being dressed, Bessie descended to the octagon room, which she found empty.It was a fine, frosty night, and the sky was full of stars.She put aside a curtain and looked out into the wintry garden, feeling more than ever alone and desolate amidst the grandeur of her home.…Cited from The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax, by Harriet Parr (AKA Holme Lee)

Barney drove in, about as hot as I was, I guess.So, when I got home and found a letter from Frosty, my mind was open for something new.The letter was short, but it did the business and gave me a hunger for the old days that nothing but a hard gallop over the prairie-lands, with the wind blowing the breath out of my nostrils, could satisfy.…Cited from The Range Dwellers, by B. M. Bower

At his feet he saw the Brindelle flowing towards the rocks, where he would soon be crushed to death.He felt himself reborn on that beautiful frosty morning, full of strength, full of life.The light bathed him, penetrated him like a new-born hope.…Cited from The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8), by Guy de Maupassant